Emergency management and infection control in a radiology department during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 931, 2005, Pages 606-611

  Lin, Y C ^a,b   Dong, S L ^c   Yeh, Y H ^b   Wu, Y S ^b   Lan, G Y ^b   Liu, C M ^a,d   Chu, Tieh Chi ^b,c  

^a CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 21644434379     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/17161223     Document Type: Article

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